I’m looking for a reference of statistics on long-term storage/archive reliability for various types of media. That is, I’m looking for information, comparisons, charts, graphs, test results, etc. on how long data can reliably be stored on as many types of media as possible (e.g., floppy, tape, CD, DVD, flash-drives/memory cards, HD, SSD, device firmware/EEPROMS, heck, even punch-cards and stone tablets if they have it).
Obviously there won’t be data on things like 50-year reliability for DVDs, but presumably the data would be updated as time goes by, similar to antivirus comparison databases.
Best Answer
There' some fine article at LinuxTECH.NET on Best reliable long-term data storage media which might answer your question at least partly. Other sources of interest may include:
Furthermore, it might be worth to investigate some of the following Wikipedia article's references:
Each of the mentioned documents contains pieces of answers to your question -- though none may be a summary including overall statistics.
EDIT:
A quite comprehensive one is Challenges of Long-Term Digital Archiving: A Survey -- this might include almost all information you are looking for. As probably does the mdisc china lake study...